As Donald Trump continues his march toward the Republican National Convention, he has drawn the ire of the Republican establishment, the watchful eye of American and international media, and the attention of the Project on Explaining and Mitigating Electoral Violence at the University of Glasgow.
Trump’s advance towards Cleveland has been marred by violence. One protestor at a Trump rally in Tucson, Arizona was beaten by Trump supporters while being escorted out of the rally. Another white Trump supporter assaulted an African American protestor at a Trump event in North Carolina. This same man was later recorded as saying that if he ever saw the protestor again, “we may have to kill him”. A Trump rally scheduled to take place in Chicago was cancelled due to worries that violence might … [Read more...]